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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The Knightses

In the city directories 1940 · nine people at seven addresses

The directories print nine people named Knights at seven addresses in 1940 in six of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the Knightses lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    452 East 45th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • F W Knights, a commissionnaire at C C of C 1940

    Next door in 1940: A V MacMillan at 444 and M Waltereit at 456. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    801 Helmcken Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Mrs N Knights, rooms to let 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs A D Binns at 807. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    3983 Perry Street

    Kensington-Cedar Cottage, 1940

    • F W J Knights, a ruler for G A Roedde 1940

    Next door in 1940: C S Godfrey at 3969. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1087 Richards Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Knights 1940

    Next door in 1940: E McKinnon at 1083 and J Naple at 1097. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    4117 West 11th Avenue

    West Point Grey, 1940

    • A A Knights, an engineer at the Peck Building 1940
    • Frederick A Knights, a secretary-treasurer at Sunflower Dairy & Delicatessen 1940

    Next door in 1940: J H Palmer at 4113 and L T Fairey at 4123. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    2638 West 7th Avenue

    Kitsilano, 1940

    • E D Knights, an operator 1940
    • William H Knights, a clerk at the Customs 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs L M Butler at 2630 and A Kennedy at 2646. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    1805 West Georgia Street

    West End, 1940

    • J A Knights, a fireman at the BC Coast Steamship Service 1940

    Next door in 1940: Barbecue Dandy at 1855. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for seven of the nine: a clerk, a commissionnaire, an engineer, a fireman, an operator and a ruler, among others.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (2), Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Kitsilano, Sunset, West End and West Point Grey. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists F W Knights at 452 East 45th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Frederick W Knights there as the householder, a commissionnaire at C C of C. In 1940 the directory lists Mrs N Knights, rooms to let, at 801 Helmcken Street.

F W J Knights is listed at 3983 Perry Street in 1940; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Frederick W J Knights there as the householder, a ruler for G A Roedde. The 1940 name section lists Knights at 1087 Richards Street.

In 1940 the directory lists A A Knights at 4117 West 11th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked * too. The 1940 name section lists Arthur A Knights there as the householder, an engineer at the Peck Building, with Frederick A Knights, a secretary-treasurer at Sunflower Dairy & Delicatessen. In 1940 the directory lists E D Knights at 2638 West 7th Avenue. The 1940 name section lists Ernest D Knights there as the householder, an operator, with William H Knights, a clerk at the Customs.

In 1940 the directory lists J A Knights at 1805 West Georgia Street. The 1940 name section lists John A Knights there, a fireman at the BC Coast Steamship Service.

Today

452 East 45th, 3983 Perry, 4117 West 11th and 2638 West 7th still have their buildings from before 1946, 2638 West 7th on the Vancouver Heritage Register; the City no longer lists 801 Helmcken, 1087 Richards and 1805 West Georgia, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Every line as printed

All 14 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

The book of the Knightses

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under K. Want a name removed? Tell us.